Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

lord birt: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the target for energy suppliers to have taken all reasonable steps to install smart meters in all homes and small businesses in the UK will be met by 2020.

lord henley: The smart meter rollout in Great Britain is making good progress, with over 14.3 million smart and advanced meters operating as of the end of March 2019. The Programme remains on track to offer every home and small business smart meters by the end of 2020.

Electricity Interconnectors

lord birt: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the UK's electricity is currently imported from other EU countries via interconnectors; and what percentage is forecast for 2030.

lord henley: This information is publicly available in: - Table 5.1: ‘Fuel used in Electricity Generation and Electricity Supplied’, of the 2019 ‘Energy Trends: Electricity’, published by BEIS; and - Figure 5.1: ‘Electricity Generation by Fuel Source’, of the 2018 ‘Energy and Emissions Projections’, published by BEIS (see table below):   TWhYearCoalGasOilNuclearRenewablesImports2018811905712128201921060591273220201100059135272021081059145332022173059150362023080053158302024075036163502025077040170412026072053177312027078056170352028076065171342029071072180292030066064185462031058069189502032049081194462033046081199502034041092206432035034010421133



Figure 5.1: Electricity generation by fuel source
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Table 5.1. Fuel in elec generated & elec supplied
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British Steel: Loans

lord myners: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether civil servants expressed any concerns about the loan made to British Steelto enable it to meet its emissions trading compliance costs; and whether this loan is subject to enforceable security.

lord henley: I refer the Noble Lord to the answer I gave him on 4th June 2019 to Question HL15896, and to letters from the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and the Comptroller & Auditor General, placed in the Libraries of both Houses, outlining the terms of the Deed of Forfeiture bridge facility agreed between Government and British Steel. The Deed of Forfeiture provides legal protections to give Government control of 2019 EU ETS allowances, even under the scenario of insolvency.

Manufacturing Industries

lord taylor of warwick: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact that a no-deal Brexit could have on the UK manufacturing sector.

lord henley: On 28th November 2018 the Government laid before Parliament the document entitled, “EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis”. The purpose of this analysis was to illustrate high level impacts on the UK from different EU Exit scenarios. It included associated costs for five broad sector groups across the economy, which together cover the majority of the UK economy and all traded goods and services: Manufactured Goods;Agri-food;Services (Non-Financial and Non-Networks);Financial Services;Networks While economic modelling is an inherently uncertain exercise, the Government’s analysis indicates that the economy could be worse-off in the long run in a no deal scenario.

Electricity Generation

lord wallace of tankerness: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer byLord Henley on 26 February (HL13715), when they propose to publish the White Paper referred to; and whether any public consultation is planned either before or after that publication.

lord henley: My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has stated his intention to publish the energy white paper. We will provide more details in due course. Where it is necessary and appropriate to do so, we will consult over detailed policy proposals alongside the white paper or following its publication.

Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

lord richards of herstmonceux: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Foreign Secretary’s Mansion House speech on 6 May, whether they will conduct a review of defence spending; and whether they will commit to spending more than the minimum NATO endorsed proportion of GDP on defence.

earl howe: The Government has committed to meet the NATO pledge to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence every year of this Parliament.Future defence spending will be agreed at the Spending Review.